''The Mind Benders'' is a 1963 novel by the British writer

James Kennaway James Peeble Ewing Kennaway (5 June 1928 – 21 December 1968) was a Scottish novelist and screenwriter. He was born in Auchterarder in Perthshire and attended Glenalmond College. Biography Born to a middle class family in Auchterarder, his f ...

.Royle p.163 It is based on the screenplay he had written for the film '' The Mind Benders'' directed by

Basil Dearden Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director. Early life and career Dearden was born at 5, Woodfield Road, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex to Charles James Dear, a steel manufacturer, and his wife, Fl ...

, which was released the same year.

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* Trevor Royle. ''Macmillan Companion to Scottish Literature''. Macmillan, 1984. 1963 British novels Novels by James Kennaway Novels based on films Signet Books books {{1960s-thriller-novel-stub